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Aquamarine vs Turquoise - What's the difference?

aquamarine | turquoise |

As nouns the difference between aquamarine and turquoise

is that aquamarine is the bluish-green colour of the sea while turquoise is a sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.

As adjectives the difference between aquamarine and turquoise

is that aquamarine is of a bluish-green colour while turquoise is made of turquoise (the gemstone).

aquamarine

English

(wikipedia aquamarine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The bluish-green colour of the sea.
  • A bluish-green variety of beryl.
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    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a bluish-green colour.

    • Derived terms

    * Madagascar aquamarine

    See also

    *

    turquoise

    English

    (wikipedia turquoise)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author=Lee A. Groat , title=Gemstones , volume=100, issue=2, page=128 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)}}
  • A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise .}}

    Synonyms

    * (colour) blue-green, green-blue, greenish blue, turquoise blue

    Derived terms

    * bone turquoise

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made of turquoise (the gemstone).
  • Having a pale greenish-blue colour.

    • See also

    * * augite ----